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So, yeah. I'll be doing this, and I'll be doing it slightly differently than in the past. The big changes:

1. A special preseason round with season-long questions such as "Which leg is the second non-elimination on?" and "How many Detours contain rhyming task titles?"

2. A revamped answering system which will make it easier to score, to be revealed when the preseason round begins.

3. A revamped bonus point system. Rather than giving away free points, if you're the only person to get a correct answer for a question, you will score double points on the next listed question if you are also correct on it, regardless of how many people get that question correct.

4. Each round will close at NOON Australian Eastern Time (about 9pm US Eastern the day before) on the day an episode airs, to ensure people don't narrowly miss out because the episode starts early.

Okay, so. The preseason round will go up later today, but just a couple of clarifications:

1. If there is a TBC, it will be treated as a NEL.

2. The new answering system is simple. Each question will be numbered, and each option will have a letter in front of it. All you have to do is write down the question number and the letter matching your choice. It may take longer to find the questions (you'll have to scroll back rather than copying from the last post), but it's easier and it also means you won't need to write your name twenty times every round. For example, if you think the answers to the first three questions were A, B, and C respctively, your answers would look like this:1A 2B 3CPlease put the answers next to each other with a space between them, rather than putting each answer on a new line. You do NOT need to copy everyone else's answers.

This round closes 14 days after the first confirmed day of filming. Scoring will be simple this season - five points per listed option (ie. a four-option question is worth 20 points), unless otherwise stated.

1. The winners are:A. Two menB. Two womenC. A man and a woman

2. The teams who finish second and third have a combined age of:A. 125 or higherB. 124 or younger

3. The finish line is in:A. Melbourne or SydneyB. Another state capital (Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart, or Perth)C. A territory capital (Canberra or Darwin)D. A major regional city (eg. Cairns, Alice Springs, Broome)E. A small townF. The middle of nowhere

4. The second non-elimination is in:A. Leg 2, 3, or 4B. Leg 5, 6, or 7C. Leg 8, 9, or 10D. There are fewer than two non-eliminations

5. How many Road Blocks are performed by more women than men?A. Two or fewerB. Three or fourC. Five or more

6. How many legs visit national capital cities (including Canberra)?A. Four or fewerB. Five or more

7. How many legs are spent in Asia?A. ZeroB. One or twoC. Three or fourD. More than four

8. How many legs are spent in North America, South America, and the Caribbean?A. ZeroB. One or twoC. Three or fourD. More than four

9. Which is crossed first?A. The EquatorB. The International Date LineC. The 0 degrees latitude line (the one that passes through Greenwich, England)D. Both A and either B or CE. None of them are ever crossed

10. Excluding non-elimination penalties, in which leg is the first penalty given?A. Leg 1B. Leg 2C. Leg 3D. Leg 4, 5, or 6E. Leg 7, 8, or 9F. Leg 10, 11, or 12G. No other penalties are given

11. The number of Detours with rhyming task titles is:A. Higher than the number of Detours where both task titles start with the same letterB. Lower than the number of Detours where both task titles start with the same letterC. The same as the number of Detours where both task titles start with the same letter (including zero)

12. How many Road Block hints start with "Who's ready..."?A. Three or fewerB. Four or fiveC. Six or moreD. At least one Road Block hint is not shown

13. Are there any fear-of-heights tasks that are not Road Blocks?A. YesB. No, they are all Road BlocksC. No, there are none

14. Which is seen first?A. Fast ForwardB. U-TurnC. YieldD. IntersectionE. Speed BumpF. None is ever seen

15. The "gross food" task happens in:A. Europe or AfricaB. Asia or OceaniaC. North America or South AmericaD. There is no such task

16. The "How far have you come?" task:A. Involves one item from every leg of the raceB. Does not involve one item from every legC. Is a metaphor task rather than a memory taskD. There is no such task

My question is: Do we post our answers here in this thread or do we send them to you in a message?

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1. Don't pick up the phone - You know he's only calling 'cause he's drunk and alone.2. Don't let him in - You have to kick him out again.3. Don't be his friend - You know you're gonna wake up in his bed in the morning.And if you're under him, you ain't gettin' over him. ♥

You don't need to, since without having to copy-paste everything only your answers will be in the post, but feel free to.

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My question is: Do we post our answers here in this thread or do we send them to you in a message?

In the thread.

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I'm really sorry but I tried the new answering system and it is painful. Coupled with the most random and obscure questions I have ever seen, doesn't give me a good impression of this game....

I'm willing to take suggestions regarding the answering format between now and during the season.

As for the questions, they're deliberately kind of random in this first round, but will be closer to the questions from the first season's game in the actual episode rounds. I've tried to come up with questions that are at least possible to estimate beforehand without requiring the knowledge of spoilers - given the round started before the race began, it's only fair.

1. Don't pick up the phone - You know he's only calling 'cause he's drunk and alone.2. Don't let him in - You have to kick him out again.3. Don't be his friend - You know you're gonna wake up in his bed in the morning.And if you're under him, you ain't gettin' over him. ♥

* I'm locking in my answer to 26, but I'm wondering if this question means a single distance (Port Elizabeth) or cumulative for the leg (Israel)?

Single distances. Given the show pretty much doesn't mention distances unless there's a reason to (flying x000 kilometres between countries, or the big drives such as to Masada), there's no way to say for sure otherwise.